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Important UPDATE JULY four 2009
CLASS B FLARES Started July four with a B7 Class Flare @ 04:35 UT
CLASS C FLARES commenced July 5 with a C1 Class Flare @ 07:10 UT
CLASS C FLARES began July six with a B8 Class Flare @ 17:05 UT
July 7 ultimately ….. CLASS A3.three@sixteen:18 UT it is gone for the moment… but view the Magnetosphere now 🙂 CLASS A8.3@17:00 UT – finish of the story CLASS B1@23:44 UT

SUNSPOT ALERT: The most energetic sunspot of the yr so far is emerging in the sun’s southern hemisphere: film. Sunspot 1024 has at least a dozen person dark cores and it is crackling with B-class solar flares. This morning, amateur astronomer David Tyler caught 1 of the flares in action from his backyard solar observatory in England: The magnetic polarity of sunspot 1024 identifies it as a member of new Solar Cycle 24. Its fast emergence on July 3rd and 4th continues the recent (few-month) trend of intensifying new-cycle activity. This sunspot is the best providing nevertheless from the young solar cycle. Monitoring is encouraged. spaceweather.com/

a lot more pictures: from Pete Lawrence of Selsey, West Sussex, United kingdom from Mark Townley of Brierley Hill, West Midlands, United kingdom from Cesare Guaita of Tradate, Italy from Jan Timmermans of Valkenswaard, The Netherlands from Emiel Veldhuis of Zwolle, the Netherlands from SOHO in orbit from Peter Desypris on the Island of Syros, Greece from Bruno Nolf of Otegem, Belgium

My prediction (based on CC infos) on June 25th: This picture will celebrate the Coronal Mass Ejection (CME) of our Sun on July seven 2009…
Fasten your seat belt, you have been warned. nota bene pilottage prediction 🙂

A quite clever comment on the cropcircle phenomena by a brilliant scientist:
Albert Einstein once remarked that for the human there is no a lot more potent feeling than that of the ‘mysterious.’ In fact, he was convinced this feeling for the mysterious was the cradle for all performs of science, art, and religion. In light of Einstein’s conviction, 1 may possibly ask: &quotWhat is the opposite of a feeling for the mysterious?&quot The opposite would be the sense that one understands it all. The opposite would be the feeling that a single is in possession of a program that explains all the phenomena in the universe. For such a person, the universe loses its appeal for it gets to be some thing we don’t genuinely require to pay out attention to. The universe gets to be an exemplification of a theory that one particular has already understood. No true surprises are possible, only the functioning out of a logical system by way of time. When a feeling for the mysterious is misplaced, a single turn into s vulnerable to the a variety of fundamentalisms plaguing our planet, every a single with its passionate certainty that it has all the solutions whilst every single other method is just superstition.

In moments of anxiety and breakdown, there is a potent drive in us to get solutions and explanations. Surely in our very own time when we are dismantling ecosystems all around the planet and deconstructing the secure climate on which our civilization is primarily based, we come to feel a deep want to know what is genuine and what is very good and how to proceed. This need can turn out to be so great we are liable to latch onto 1 of these simplistic pseudo-explanations just to quell the emotions of worry and doom surfacing in us. &quotWhat on Earth?&quot does not supply any such simplistic explanations. This restraint is 1 of its biggest achievements. By insisting that the Crop Circles are past any easy explanation, &quotWhat on Earth?&quot allows us to make peace with residing in the ambiguity of not knowing. This capability to reside with ambiguity is related to a sense for the mysterious and with each other these two may be the most essential aspects for deep creativity to get location. At the very least, we need to understand that an embrace of ambiguity is a type of humility when confronted by the magnificent complexity of nature.

One of the excellent rewards of viewing &quotWhat on Earth?&quot is the feeling a single can get of wading into the mysterious. By way of its balanced and wide-open method to the phenomena of Crop Circles, the film has the energy to ease us out of some of the prior certainties we may have had. &quotWhat on Earth?&quot explores and celebrates the truth of the existence of these types. And as we are guided into this reflection, we discover ourselves contemplating new suggestions about the nature of our universe. We start to imagine that items may possibly be distinct than we considered. We may even start to release ourselves from some of the exhausted explanations lodged into our minds by the media. But most important of all, as we view the movie we may possibly even commence to come to feel stunned by the straightforward reality that right here we are in the midst of this mind-boggling mystery, the universe.&quot
— Brian Swimme, mathematical cosmologist specializing in the evolution of the universe

www.flickr.com/groups/cerofex/discuss/72157622392112385/By Pilottage on 2004-03-twenty 18:25:07 The initial step is to examine the big difference among science fiction and fantasy. It has been broadly argued that they are one particular and the very same. However, one particular could say that in science fiction, a single is dealing with the realm of possibility or plausible science, items that could be possible in daily life as we know it. In fantasy, anything at all goes! What ever 1 can dream up, this kind of as animals that speak English, items that we generally believe of as not possible but make for excellent reading through, can be deemed fantasy.

There is no correct or common way to write a story. What performs for a single does not imply it will operate for all. There are however, a lot of pieces of very good data and or suggestions that that can help a individual in their endeavors to develop a time and spot that transport us from our each day life.

one.Of program you can keep it easy and begin creating and see how your characters produce and several writers have produced entire novels in this vogue. In a sense you are encountering the story a lot like your readers in that you may not know at the time of creating which way the story might flip. The downside of this style of creating can be that you could end up creating hundreds of pages that might or may possibly not finish up in the final draft due to the reality there might not be a clear path for your story and it can adjust numerous times over. There is absolutely nothing at all wrong with creating this way as all writing is a studying encounter and gets better in excess of time.

2.If you are the sort of particular person that needs far more framework, you can relatively organize your story. It may possibly not be as difficult as you consider. You can begin with

a)Compose a summary or overview about your story. When you are acquiring prepared to publish a novel you will currently have an notion of what the story is about. Put it down on paper! It is important to get that phase of getting it out of your head and onto paper or in your laptop. This permits you to examine it from an exterior stage of see at any later on date. A lot of instances when we have an notion and do not publish it down we typically find we can not very don’t forget the full specifics of our suggestions. The overview of the story can in the end be used as the summary to describe the contents of the novel. The wording for your summary may possibly alter above the program of your creating and this is to be anticipated because the story will be evolving as you go.
b)The story need to have its heroes and sinister characters and naming them properly is of importance. The names you pick for your characters must suit the story.
c)Make a decision what the function is of the primary characters, what are they striving to achieve, and how do the opposing forces or characters interfere with the primary purpose.
d)The story would not be as interesting if it is reduce and dry or predictable. You may possibly want to introduce set backs for your major character. While he is trying to do excellent or the correct factor, he may possibly be confronted with factors gone awry or large set backs on the principal goal. This keeps the reader interested and routing for his or her good results.
e)Compose a feasible ending for your story. You could want to write many possible endings.
f)Now that you have a full outline of the story with characters in place, you can compose chapter by chapter. Really feel free to make as a lot of alterations as you want to develop the most influence for your story.

No matter whether you are creating science fiction or fantasy, we sometimes like to humanize some of the characters such as an animal that dresses or speaks like us or the alien that sympathizes with human type. Some of the most profitable novels or stories are wildly out there but nonetheless relatable.

A excellent way to obtain encounter and confidence as a writer is to enter a creating contest. Some of the greater contests will be judged by knowledgeable properly identified writers that typically have workshops or have their personal internet sites with excellent creating suggestions. Coming into creating contests can be a great way to break into this competitive discipline and get oneself identified.

What ever technique appeals to you, do that, and preserve writing, creating and far more creating!

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We have a new important cropcircle today from June 25th… checkt it out with the link up.

Similar to the jellyfish CC of May 29th, Roundway Hill 10th of May, the dragonfly of Yatesbury June 3rd, and the Phoenix of June the 12th, this CC seems to suggest solar activity and associated effect on the Earth’s magnetosphere. Each crop circle seems to suggest the sun and the shape of the magnetosphere.

After the jellyfish of May 29th, the sun became more active after a relative period of quiet (absence of sunspots, flares, Coronal mass ejections). On the 31st of May the sun started to emit low level flares up until June 3rd. It was during this time that a French plane fell out of the sky in a location known to be present a magnetic anomaly in the earth’s magnetic field.

After the dragonfly of Yatesbury June 4th, flares occurred again on June 6, and June 22, all having a substantial effect on the earth’s magnetosphere both at the time of the flares and for a few days after (as solar radiation can take up to 4 days to reach the Earth, depending on class/type of flare/ejection).

Each circle seems to have pre-empted solar activity and it’s impact on the Earth’s magnetic field. Everyone’s interpretation of the CC is personal and unique, but for myself I am convinced that the makers of the CC have knowledge of future solar activity and how that activity may effect the Earth.

In this CC the largest circle may indicate the sun with a coronal hole currently present on the top. I am hesitant to make predictions, but each following circle may indicate a day, with the sixth day (July 1 – six days after CC appearance) indicating greater flux in the earth’s magnetosphere. The power line over the CC hints at our electronics on Earth being effected.

Never the less, even if this prediction proves inaccurate, a careful look at the data will reveal increased solar activity and resultant magnetic flux in the Earth’s magnetic field, so it is very interesting that the CC of late may be displaying the sun and magnetosphere of the Earth.

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Stunning!
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Hello Pilottage, I used this image in my PDF eBook "Solstice to Solstice: ReBirthing of Divine Inner Light" (cedarpathways.com/wisdom.html#Books) and would like to offer you a copy as a gift for the use of your image. Send me a message if you are interested. Thx, Jamie "Cedar" Rogers.

Congratulations, this fantastic photo of yours is the first place winner in Summer 2009 Competition: Sunset/Sunrise at Shield Of Excellence. Your winning photo is being showcased on the group’s front page for a while. And, your photo has been placed in a permanent SOE Competitions – Winners’ Gallery to honor your special win. Congratulations!!!!

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I am very young and new to photography, but have been told i do have an eye for photography by adults (i’m not an adult 😉 ) but, i need advice and any tips or comments on my photography so i can meet my full potential! So any tips, comments, or anything, please tell me!http://www.flickr.com/people/musc_is_lfe/

That is absolutely a beautiful photo…..
What are you trying to say with your commentary….the earth is getting ready to blow up on July 7, 2009. I hope not.
I’ve nominated your photo for a National Geographic Award anyway.

Admin. Note: Although this is a superb image, it cannot be eligible for our step-up group, The Best of With SKY, when it is not in the pool of our main group, With SKY. Since you have awards from the group, I can only assume that it once was in the pool and that you removed it.

Hi, this foto is very beautiful. I am doing postcards and would like to use it as a backgraound for my series: "wisdom of. the sunset": i would write wisdom of the sunset on top and an imagination at the bottom. since its licencefree for commercial use i hope its ok. I would put your nae and any link you want on the postcard….what do you think? thank you for the wonderful picture alexandra

SUNSPOT ALERT: The most active sunspot of the year so far is emerging in the sun’s southern hemisphere: movie. Sunspot 1024 has at least a dozen individual dark cores and it is crackling with B-class solar flares. This morning, amateur astronomer David Tyler caught one of the flares in action from his backyard solar observatory in England: The magnetic polarity of sunspot 1024 identifies it as a member of new Solar Cycle 24. Its rapid emergence on July 3rd and 4th continues the recent (few-month) trend of intensifying new-cycle activity. This sunspot is the best offering yet from the young solar cycle. Monitoring is encouraged.

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